Are flea treatments poisoning your pet’s blood...or are they completely safe?
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Using Garlic as a Flea Treatment
- There is no good evidence to suggest that feeding garlic has any flea repellant activity
- Garlic, onion and chives (all in the allium family) cuse red blood cell destruction which can result in severe anaemia - head here to read more about onion and garlic poisoning in dogs (LINK TO POST
How Do Flea Treatments Work?
- Modern flea and tick preventive treatments work in different ways depending on the active ingredient. They are generally much more targeted towards insect biology rather than mammalian biology.
- Older drugs, such as organophosphates, were much more dangerous, as well as being less effective
- There are still potential side-effects with modern flea treatments (something that's true with any drug), and these might make certain products a good choice for some individuals while not suitable for others.
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